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MY Pride and Joy Volume 16 Issue 5 May 1, 2016 MY Pride and Joy Phil Skaar with his 1963 Continental 2500 miles, 200 gallons of gas, 4 quarts of oil, 3 cans AC refrigerant. After many months of planning, it was finally time for our family summer vacation. What better way to spend a week together than a road trip in our 1963 Lincoln Continental Sedan to the 2015 Eastern National Meet outside of Philadel- Welcome to the phia. Some important last minute services and repairs would prove to be vital on Northstar News, the our 8-day journey. I’m still not sure which was more appreciated; service on the monthly publication of brake system or purchasing a new old stock AC clutch off eBay to ensure ice cold air during the heat wave out East. the Northstar Region One really learns some intricacies of a classic car over a several thousand- of the Lincoln and mile journey. The first was realizing how strong the “new” magnetic clutch Continental Owners really was. I had installed an aftermarket cruise control several weeks prior to the Club. We value your journey. During that installation process, the old AC clutch was removed so I had opinions and appreciate no idea there would be any interference. The interesting thing about this after- your input concerning market cruise control is that the speed is calculated by attaching a small magnet this newsletter and the on the drive shaft and installing a magnetic receiver which magically calculates operation of the club. your relative speed based on the drive shaft revolution. Well, every time I tried to This is your club. set the cruise when the AC was running, it would surge and trip not allowing the (Continued on page 2) This Issue Contains Feature Story 1 Directors Message 4 Club Information Page 2 North Star Board Meeting Minutes 5 Editors Message 3 Northstar Region Events 15 Trivia 3 NORTHSTAR NEWS Board Of Directors - 2016 Title Name Phone Numbers email Term Ends Regional Director Bob Johnson H(651)257-1715 [email protected] 2017 H(952)473-3038 Secretary Roger Wothe [email protected] 2017 O(952)583-5339 Treasurer Matt Foley C(612)280-4930 [email protected] 2018 Activities Director Jay White H(952)432-5939 [email protected] 2017 Director Bob Roth H(763)475-1429 2017 Publications/ Dave Gustafson H(952)435-1919 [email protected] 2018 Membership Director Tom Brace H(651)644-1716 [email protected] 2018 Director Eric Chinquist H(612)781-7622 [email protected] 2018 Director Richard Eilers H(218)393-5747 [email protected] 2017 Members and guests are welcome to attend the Board Meetings. Our meeting location will be printed elsewhere in the newsletter, as it often will be held in conjunction with other club events. Articles and other information for the newsletter should be sent to David Gustafson, Editor, at 308 Brandywine Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337. Pride and Joy Continued... (Continued from page 1) cruise control to set. It took about 850 miles to finally make this correlation and the cruise worked flaw- lessly after that. (More to come regarding the AC system on the ride home). We started out on a Saturday morning from our home in Bloomer, WI. The first leg was to make it to Manitowac, WI to board the S.S. Badger for a 4-hour tour (…a 4-hour tour…) across Lake Michigan. The Badger has its own storied history on the Great Lakes for over 60 years. Smooth sailing brought us to Lud- ington, MI for a short 1 hour ride south along the Michigan coast to Spring Lake. On the way to my Aunt and Uncle’s home, we decided to stop in to gas up which brought me my first encounter with KEROSENE at the pump!! Who knew there would be a new selection added to UNLEADED, 10% Ethanol, E85, Diesel (on and off road), DEF. The options seem endless. After a couple of nights visiting family, we loaded up the car, topped off with another quart of oil, and headed south to La Porte, IN to visit our new friends Dr. and Mrs. Lars Kneller. I had met Lars at the 2014 Mid-America Meet in Rockford, IL who told me to stop by if I was ever in the neighborhood. Fortunately, we were able to make our schedules work out to visit and tour his impressive collection of classic cars. Al- though most are Cadillacs, we found a common bond as he is actively restoring a 1963 Lincoln Continental Convertible. We have been corresponding back and forth trying to determine authenticity, tips and tricks (where does this vacuum hose go, is this body color or black, who rebuilds these things? Sometimes the shop manual seems written for a Lincoln mechanical/design engineer than a backyard mechanic….) After some time in their pool, a great lunch and fantastic conversation, we were back on the open road to get some miles further east. We were pleased to have taken Highway 30 across Indiana and into Ohio. We were able to stay off the (Continued on page 6) 2 NORTHSTAR NEWS Trivia from the Editors Message May 2016 Internet April is rapidly fading away and Talk with the sellers, perhaps you now it is on to May. In case you have- can arrive at a price that will work for n’t noticed, the days are really getting both parties. much longer. With the sun higher in Prices for the 2017 Lincoln Conti- the sky, the average daily temperature nental have been announced by Ford. is moving up the scale, almost to the Beginning at around $45,000 the price point where we might be able to put the will move up the scale to about winter coats away for another six $75,000 for the Black Label trim months or so. Winter has been kind to model with all-wheel drive and 400hp our lawn, with just a small part of it GTDI engine and absolutely nothing looking a little worse for left to tick off on the or- Elwood P Engel wear from suffering the der blank. While the de- 1917 - 1986 daily indignities of having mand may not reach the Chief Designer of Sweet Olga doing what same levels as the new The 1961 she needs to do when out- Tesla, I am sure that it Lincoln Continental doors. A little water, surely will meet Ford’s some grass seed and other expectations for an all restoration products and it new model. Make no Elwood P. Engel will be as new, and be mistake, this is not a re- was born on February forgotten in a few weeks. freshed MKS or spiffed 10, 1917. He enrolled It is also time to go over up Taurus, the new Con- in General Mo- and get some fresh gas for tinental is a completely tors’ school of design, the mower and check out new model, both inside led by Harley Earl. the oil level to make sure and out. One of several In 1939 he met class- that it is ready for the sea- new models that will ap- mates Joe Oros and son ahead. pear at Lincoln dealers in George W. Walker at We have had a few of the next few years. Let’s the school. During the older cars out for Sweet Olga is puzzled as to keep our fingers crossed World War II, Engel short drives in the why Stuart Little, a little that Lincoln will send served four years in neighborhood. They rodent gets his own car, out a few to dealers this the U.S. Army as a started fairly easily and and her dad won’t let her summer to build some mapmaker, in both appeared rested from their use one of his. excitement and get some the European and Pa- winter naps. They will need to be early orders. It will be fun to see close cific theaters of opera- washed from the dust that has settled up. tion. He and Oros re- on their exterior inside the garage. Be- Don’t forget to check out all of the mained in touch ing darker in color, they do show the activities that show up on the last two throughout the war, dust fairly well. I guess that I should pages of the newsletter. Get your fa- and after the war have spent the extra time to put the car vorite Lincoln cleaned up, ready to when Oros took a posi- covers on last fall. show and bring it up to Morries Minne- tion in Walker's de- Take some time to check out all the tonka for the Memorial Day weekend sign firm, he recom- Lincolns for sale in this issue. Perry show. All the details are on the back mended that Engel be Bush has a few that really deserve tak- page. Marion, Sweet Olga and I look hired as well. Al- ing a closer look at. Call him up and forward to seeing a big group of North though Walker's firm talk with him about any you might be Star members there. had Nash as an ac- interested in. You may just find one Till next month, David, Marion and that will look very good in your garage. Sweet Olga, the Samoyed. count, Engel worked We also have others for sale too. All on designs for farm really good cars that need new homes. (Continued on page 4) 3 NORTHSTAR NEWS (Continued from page 3) equipment, women's Directors Message by Bob Johnson May 2016 shoes and household ap- Sunday, April 17th was a fantastic day for a pliances.
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